The vagina dialogues: Do you douche?

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-46

  Iannacchione, Mary Ann ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; LACTOBACILLUS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PREVOTELLA; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; VAGINAL DOUCHING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN;

EID: 1342291061     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200401000-00016     Document Type: Review

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